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CURTAIN GUIDE.

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Patented July 28, 1896;

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EDIVARD T. BURROVVES, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

CURTAIN-GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,682, dated July 28, 1896. Application filed April 2, 1896. Serial NO- 585,97 9. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. BURROWES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Guides; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in curtain-guides, and it is embodiedin the construction and arrangement of parts here inafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

The invention relates more particularly to an improvement in that class of curtainguides wherein guide-cords are employed which pass into and out of a hollow stick carried by the curtain.

The object of the invention is to provide means which will enable a quick and easy threading of the cords over the pulleys, for varying the length of the stick, and which will enable the application of the guides and pulleys after the curtain has been hung.

In the drawings like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a window-casing, the curtain, and the guides, one end of the stick being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a pulley-box, one side being removed; and Fig. 31s a cross-section of a box, showing the end of the stick in elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of box.

In the drawings, A designates the windowcasing, and B the curtain mounted on a springactuated roll B in the usual manner.

While the invention is shown as applied to a window-curtain, it is to be understood that it is especially adapted for windows in open or summer cars, as well as for doorways.

On the lower edge of the curtain is formed a pocket in which is placed a hollow curtainstick 0, which is conveniently formed of a single piece of metal bent so that its adjacent edges will approximately meet midway the sides, the free edges of the metal, as at c 0,

thereby forming spring or friction clasps for purposes presently to be stated.

D D designate the guide-cords, connected, respectively, to diagonally opposite ends of the casing A, passing through and crossing at the center of stick 0. In the opposite ends of the stick are the pulley-boxes E, each consisting of an open-ended box having one side edetached, and provided with a' shaft or journal c, fixedly secured to the fixed side of the box and having a reduced end e projecting through an opening in the detached side. On the journal is loosely mounted the pulley F, having two grooves therein. The pulley is of a width less than that of the edges of the box and less than that portion of the shaft beyond the reduced section. By this means it is immaterial as to the amount of pressure placed on the sides of the box, as the pressure is resisted by the edges of the box and the journal, the pulley being thus free to rotate without binding.

In the upper and lower edges of the box are formed guide recesses or openings h h, each of which registers with a groove in the pulley. The guide-cords are passed into these openings and are thereby held from displacement from the grooves in the pulley. By

this means the ends of the stick are also permitted to be brought into relative close proximity to the inner wall of the guide-groove of the casing A, it being understood that the guide-cords beyond the stick and the ends of the stick are to be located in any conven- 8 5 tional style of groove in the usual manner.

When the curtain is adjusted and the cords passed through the stick, they are then placed on the pulleys, which latter are then placed on the journals in the boxes; The detached o sides are then placed in position, the same being held by the end of the journal from moving longitudinally. The boxes are then forced into the ends of the stick, the spring sides yielding sufficiently to permit of their 5 insertion and serving to firmly hold them in place after adjustment.

It is to be understood that any other con venient means may be employed for securing the boxes in the stick, but the form described roe has proven satisfactory.

It will be observed that there are no rivets or other fastenings employed for securing the boxes in place except the pressure of the stick thereon. This is an important feature, inasmuch as the device can be adjusted easily after the curtain is hung without endangering the fixtures and with but slight trouble and expense.

While a preferred form of construction has been shown and described, it is to be understood that many alterations and changes can be made without departing from the nature and principle of the invention.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified form of guide-opening in the box, in which case circular openings or apertures are formed in the edges through which the cords may be passed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a hollowcurtainstick, having means at the ends thereof for supporting pulleys, pulleys .removably held by said supporting means, and guides passing over the pulleys, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a hollow stick, of removable end sections, pulleys removably secured in the end sections, and guides.

3. The combination with a hollow stick, of boxes secured in the ends of the stick,.and pulleys removably journaled in the boxes.

4:. The combination with a hollow stick, of longitudinally-adjustable extensions at the ends of the stick, and flexible guides passing into and out of the stick.

5. The combination with a hollow stick, of pulley-boxes at the ends of the stick having a removable side, and removable pulleys in the boxes.

6. The combination with a hollow stick, of pulleys in the stick, guide-openings formed at the end of the stick in opposite sides of the vertical center thereof, and guides passing through the openings into the stick and over the pulleys.

7. A pulley-box for hollow curtain-sticks, consisting of a box having a removable side, a journal secured in the box, and a pulley on the journal.

8. The combination with the end of a curtain-stick, of a pulley-box secured thereon, comprising a box-section and a removable side section, a journal secured to the boxsection and passing into the removable side, and a pulley on the journal.

9. The combination'with a shade, of a hollow stick carried thereby, guide-cords passing through the stick, movable pulley-boxes in the ends-of the stick, pulleys in the boxes, and a removable section on the box by which the pulley may be removed from the box.

10. The combination with a curtain, of a hollow stick thereon, pulley-boxes in the ends of thestick each having guide-openings in its upper and lower edges at opposite sides, grooved pulleys in'the boxes, and guide-cords passing into the openings over the pulleys and into the stick.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWVARD T. BURRO \VES.

\Vitnesses:

H. W. ROBINSON, E. A. STERLING.

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